Sadiya Siddiqui stole the show at this event in Lucknow

A painting exhibition by artist

Mukta Gupta

was recently organized at

Kala Srot

art gallery with 25 impressionistic paintings on display. Actress Sadiya Siddiqui, of Balika Vadhu and Sasural Genda Phool fame, was the chief guest. “This is the first time I think, that an actor is the chief guest at an art exhibition in Lucknow,” said Sadiya, adding, “I was really excited when I was asked to come here as the chief guest. More than being the guest, I was very eager to see this exhibition and was excited ki kaisi-kaisi paintings hongi.” The event started off by lighting the lamp by Sadiya, Mukta Gupta and

Renuka Tandon

. The paintings, that were a perfect amalgamation of contemporary style, depicted well with acrylic colours, were appreciated by everyone.

(L) Kanupriya Anand (R) Safina (BCCL/ Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui)

A special session was organized by Lucknowite Samarth Narain on the topic ‘Art and investment’ in which he spoke about the value that is associated with art and how people don’t see it as a beautiful albeit lucrative investment.
— Prachi Arya

Renuka Tandon (L) and Deepali Garg (BCCL/ Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui)

(L) Parul and Jagriti (R)

Nisheeth Kapoor

(BCCL/ Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui)

(L) Samarth Narain (R) Anju Narain (BCCL/ Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui)

(L) Swati Mohan and Mili Malhotra (R) Divya Bajpai (BCCL/ Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui)